Historical Fall 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
A Cafe with Wheels Susan Gyorog plans to open Velocity, a new cafe and cyclery, in September at the intersection of DeBaliviere and Pershing (formerly home to Archway).
The cafe is planned to be as green as a cafe can be.
The coffee and teas served will all be organic.
The cafe will be open from 7 am to 9 pm.
In addition to providing libation to customers far and near, it will also rent bicycles, including tandem and other speciality bikes, to those who wish to explore Forest Park, only 2 blocks away.
This dual purpose gives rise to its name: Velocity Cafe.
The shop will also repair and restore bicycles.
The cafe occupies 2000 square feet in what is again called the Bristol Building.
It takes up 3 storefronts.
A Gallery Moves and Grows Diversity Gallery has been housed in the Pageant for seven years.
It now intends to expand to the new building being constructed on the south side of Delmar, between Mirasol and the former church.
The Diversity Gallery draws its art objects from all African countries.
It will add a cafe and bookstore in its new location, The Culture Cafe.
It will serve gourmet dishes representative of different ethnic cuisines.
The Gallery is applying for a license to sell beer and wine at its cafe.
The newly relocated Diversity Gallery should be open in October and is owned by Leslie Wilson, with her mother, Rubina Patton.
The Pattons are longtime residents of Skinker-DeBaliviere.
Another storefront in the new Joe Edwards building will be Knitti Couture, which will sell fine yarns and offer knitting classes. Second floor office space also is available in the new building. Offices are 800, 99, and 1100 square feet and space rents for $16.50 a square foot.
Original photograph caption
Velocity Café and Cyclery logo reproduced with planned opening notice.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Fall 2007.
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Archival transcription note: Office sizes print 800, 99, and 1100 square feet; 99 retained without guessed missing digit.
Original source: SD_Times2007_09.pdf, printed page(s) 1; PDF page(s) 1.
